The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are.

But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”

Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”

That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”

“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”

But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.”

He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson?” “Yes, we know him,” they answered.

“Look,” he said, “the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherd.

Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”